Prague, who is seeking the 19th Senate District seat, has accused the Przybysz campaign of misusing political pamphlets to buy votes and of skirting rules that oversee the financing and patronage of political mailings.

Prague, a former state representative and commissioner on aging, Wednesday sent a fax detailing her complaints to the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Her complaints further estrange the two district rivals. Upset by Prague in the Democratic primary, Przybysz stayed in the race by allying himself with A Connecticut Party. Gale Jones Balavender is the Republican candidate.

Prague based her complaints on two political pamphlets voters received in the past week.

``He appears, frankly, to be very desperate and that he'll do or say anything to stay elected,'' she said.

Przybysz dismissed the complaints as groundless. Any omissions, he said, were inadvertent and did not violate state and federal election laws, which his campaign has abided by.

``Everything was done according to the law and these charges are baseless,'' Przybysz said.

Jeffrey B. Garfield, executive director and general counsel of the elections commission, declined to discuss the specifics of the case.

He said that the commission would investigate, but added that the investigation would not be concluded until after the election. Discovery of a violation would not affect the outcome of the race. The maximum penalty would be $2,000 per charge.

In the first instance, Prague says that a flier passed out in a Norwich shopping center during the weekend lacked a section telling voters who had paid for the advertisement.

Przybysz said that the omission occurred in one batch of about 200 fliers. It was corrected as soon as it was detected -- and that happened before Prague's complaint, he said.

The second complaint focuses on a tabloid-style newsletter that looks like a newspaper with articles praising Przybysz's record and criticizing Prague's. Accompanying the mailer is a coupon for 10 percent off purchases from Carpets to Go of Colchester.

Przybysz has disowned the coupon as unrelated to his campaign.

The coupon was printed on the back of a campaign-related postcard independently by the advertising firm that printed the card, Przybysz said.

``Our campaign did not pay for that. It is in no way connected to our campaign,'' he said.

Prague has asked the commission to investigate whether the coupon represents an attempt by Przybysz to bribe voters or if it is a misuse of political materials for business advertising. She also wants to know who paid for the mailer.